Trump’s ‘Illegal’ DEI Orders Hit Due Process Questions in Court

A federal judge’s decision to block parts of President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders leaned heavily on their “vagueness” making it difficult for federal contractors and other private-sector businesses to comply.

The ruling highlights a common thread in the Trump administration’s legal hurdles, as plaintiffs in similar lawsuits challenge the president’s orders across various policy areas under the Fifth Amendment’s due process clause. Those include an executive order declaring the federal government recognizes only two sexes and reversing policy protections for transgender Americans, plus at least two more lawsuits against the anti-DEI orders.

Judge Adam Abelson of the US District ...